10 Movies From 2017 That Died At The US Box Office

10. Baywatch

US Box Office: $56,607,889

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The last time Dwayne Johnson and Alexandra Daddario shared the screen we got San Andreas. It was one of the most meh films of 2015, but it still opened at #1 and grossed $155 million domestically.

Baywatch opened at #3 and made only $56 million in the US, proving that there are some bad ideas that not even The Rock can push towards profitability. Analysts will point out that the movie was an R-rated comedy that opened the same week as the latest instalment in the Pirates Of The Caribbean franchise and therefore seemed destined to struggle, but you could tell Baywatch was a non-starter even before the first trailer dropped.

For one thing, the concept was just a little too calculated: a remake of an embarrassingly bad TV show played for laughs and aimed at the audience that showed up to see 21 Jump Street. Then the trailer confirmed that it was going to be heavy on female flesh and light on jokes. “No thanks,” said moviegoers who filed off to see POTC: Dead Men Tell No Tales instead.

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